CANADIENS DISMISS COACH PERRY PEARN

There seem to be no friends when a hockey team is losing. Perry Pearn worked on Jacques Martin’s coaching staff a total of ten-plus seasons. He was an assistant under Martin for eight years in Ottawa and joined Martin’s staff in Montreal in July of 2009.

Pearn is the victim of the Canadiens goalscoring and special team woes to start the season. In team has scored one goal or fewer in five of their eight games. On a team that likes to focus on special team performance, the Canadiens power play is second last in the NHL at 9.4% and their penalty killing ranks 20th. Many think that the difference has been the absence of Kirk Muller from the picture. Unfortunately Pearn caught the blowback.

He has been offered another position in the organization, should he decide to remain with the team.

The Canadiens coaching staff now includes Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Ladouceur, both of whom were promoted from the Hamilton Bulldogs during the summer.

1 Comment

Gary Crawford
on October 27, 2011 at 11:36

I was in Tampa last Saturday watching the Bolts take on the Sabres. Three times – by accident – I called the Tampa team, “we or us.”
Now that would never happen in reality. I am and always will be a Habs fan. But on those occasions that I referenced the Bolts as we or us, I was saying so in positive, “wishing,” terms.
They have our coach. The have more “home grown,” Québécois than the Habs. They skate faster than the Habs. And overall, they are just more fun to watch and bring more “hope,” for winning than any Habs team has the past number of years.